APWA AZ Newsletter 2022 September
Public works are the services and infrastructure required to sustain quality community life. |
UPCOMING EVENTS September 17, 2022 September 20, 2022 September 21, 2022 October 17, 2022
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Labor Day and Our Future Workforce: As we start looking forward to Fall, I hope you all took some time to enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Labor Day was created as a tribute to the achievements of the American worker and efforts made to ensure strength, prosperity, and the well-being of our country. On behalf of APWA, I would like to thank you all for being a part of our amazing public works workforce. Because of you, we have safe roads, a clean community, and overall well-functioning cities. As a collective group, our responsibility is to ensure our industry stays strong. In line with this, The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), American Public Works Association (APWA), and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently announced a nationwide partnership and awareness effort to highlight the meaningful, transformational work of engineers and public works professionals. The announcement states that: The partnership comes at a critical time. According to the ACEC Research Institute, the bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress passed earlier this year is expected to add more than 82,000 full-and part-time jobs in engineering, public works, and design services over the next five years. Finding the professionals to fill these roles is critical now at a time when workforce shortages are already threatening the timely and successful completion of essential construction and design projects across the nation. The nationwide partnership will hold future road shows to bring more awareness to our industry. Click here to read the full article: Inside APWA.
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Click, Listen & Learn Webinars & Talking Top Tech Webinars APWA Educational Calendar. To register, click here: Calendar (apwa.net) Winter Maintenance Supervisor Certificate (Sept22) Find these and other opportunities on the APWA CALENDAR.
Presidential Award for Chapter Excellence (PACE) Below is our group accepting the PACE award at the PWX conference in North Carolina.
 Thank you to all the committee members, attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers for making the Arizona Chapter APWA 2022 Statewide Conference a huge success. After two years of virtual conferences, we were very excited to host an in-person event this year and connect with so many partners, friends, and industry leaders to discuss all matters of public works. The conference had a fantastic turnout with a record number of attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. In addition, we had a lot of positive feedback regarding programming, networking, food, and entertainment. As always, we intend to make next year even better. If you didn’t fill out the post-conference survey or if you have any additional comments, feel free to contact us directly. Again, thank you all for your support and we are looking forward to next year’s conference. SAVE THE DATE: JULY 26-28, 2023. 577 Full conference registrations (includes exhibitors and speakers). We had 432 in 2019.
Peoria Jomax WRF Operations Building Submitted by: Sheila Smith, PBD | Arrington Watkins Architects LLC This project is a 10,000 SF Water Reclamation facility to replace a modular building including an upgraded laboratory. The new facility will also include offices, meeting and break rooms, locker, shower, and restrooms for the staff. In addition, the project includes replacement of the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and upgrading the WRF SCADA system while in operation. This new facility is designed to be the public face for the Vistancia neighborhood and will provide for future growth at the facility.
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Public works are the services and infrastructure required to sustain quality community life. |
